In the world of enterprise technology, shared platforms like Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache Flink clusters, data warehouses, and monitoring platforms are essential components that support the robust infrastructure leading to modern microservices architectures. We see shared platforms acting as mediators between microservices, aggregating logs from them, providing cross-domain analytics, and many other cross-cutting functionalities.
In this blog, I will explore shared platforms from the perspectives of both platform owners and platform users, revealing some best practices and strategies vital for a healthy technological ecosystem.